Music: {allcanada} SENATORS SIGN F LATENDRESSE TO ONE-YEAR $1.25M CONTRACT

Sunday, July 1, 2012

{allcanada} SENATORS SIGN F LATENDRESSE TO ONE-YEAR $1.25M CONTRACT

Free agent winger Guillaume Latendresse has signed a one-year, $1.25 million contract with the Ottawa Senators.

Latendresse, 25, spent the past three seasons with the Minnesota Wild. He missed 50 games with a concussion last season.

He recorded five goals and nine points in 16 games. Prior to his time in Minnesota, Latendresse played three plus seasons with the Montreal Canadiens.

In 314 career games, Latendresse has 81 goals and 137 points. The Canadiens originally drafted Latendresse in the second round (45th overall) of the 2005 NHL Entry Draft.

He played the final year of a two-year $5 million contract with the Wild in 2011-12.